Debuts

Featuring members of Mare Cognitum, Los Males del Mundo, Déhà, and more, the global trio is set to release their new album “Immerse” next month – check out a track here.

The Norwegian stoner rock group shifts their style and calls back to the genre’s moody beginnings on a new single – listen to it here.

The New York band is set to follow up their 2021 debut with a new album of chunky, dialed-to-11 death metal. Check out the title track here.

Blackened death metal which walks a tightrope between clattering discord and thoughtful melodicism. Listen to their new single “Ritual Debt.”

Experimental metal trio Locrian are back with a new album and an explosive new single.

The two Utrecht acts combine forces on “Oud Zeer,” weaving together post-metal and post-hardcore into messages about moving through grief without abandoning it. Stream a track here featuring Kim Hoorweg of Vulva.

Featuring members of Chicago’s heavy music scene (Morgue Supplier, Sons of Ra), the double bass and guitar duo chart the incomprehensible mysteries of space on their new album.

We spoke to Acerus (and The Chasm) mastermind Daniel Corchado about the band’s new record as well as Corchado’s philosophical approach to crafting memorable music.

Set against “Onibaba'”s backdrop, Thief crafts compelling, doomed electronic rock on their new single.

Poisoned wells, unseen predators, forces out of our control – on their sophomore album “Depths,” Abhoria imagines a failed world and its terrors. Stream it here and check out a track-by-track rundown.